South Wales Daily News

TO-DAY'S WEATHER. 4.30 A.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. Southerly and south-easterly breezes changeable mild; some showers. GENERAL.—There is no indication of any very Important change.

GENERAL FORECASTS. The following forecasts were prepared last night at the Meteorological Office at eight o'clock DISTRICTS— Scotland, N.1 South-easterly breezes,light; 1. Scotland, E. some local showers thun- 2. Engl and, N.K.J der.- 3. England, E.J Varying airs, mainly south- Mid. Counties I erly weather changeable, 5. Eng. 8. (Lon. j with slight thunder- and Channel.. J showers warm hazy. §. Scotland, W.n 7. Engl., N. W., I Southerly and south-easterly A North ^Wales. >- breezes, changeable; mild; 9. Ireland, N. I some showers. 10. Ireland, S.J

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WALES IN PARLIAMENT [FROM OUR, LONDON WELSH CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Monday Night. Mr Humphreys-Owen, the newly-elected member for Montgomeryshire, lost no time in taking his seat in the House. He was introduced significantly enough by Sir George Osborne Morgan, the chairman of the Welsh party, and Mr Lloyd George, one of the leading members of the Young Wales party, both of whom worked hard to secure his return. Thefactthathe was elected by a reduced majority will only nerve Mr Humpheys-Owen to keener effort on behalf of Welsh politics. The members of the Welsh party will meet to-morrow after- noon and receive the report of the delega- tion which waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to the Easter recess with respect to the place and the prospects of the Disestablishment Bill, and to consider if any further action be necessary. Mr Arthur Williams has been prevented from keeping several engagements in his constituency and elsewhere by the serious illness of his son, who suffered from a severe attack of measles. Mrs Arthur Williams, in nursing the invalid, caught the infection and became seriously indisposed. The worst is now over, but the hon. member has necessarily been kept in town over the whole of the vacation. Mr Pritchard Morgan, who is naturally keenly interested in the Eight Hours Bill, is not quite at home with his colleague in the representation of Merthyr as to the best way of obtaining an alteration of the bank-to-bank principle. He considers that the point whether the hours shall commence from any given station is a question of detail which can be considered in committee, and for that reason he does not propose to follow Mr Thomas in his opposition to the second reading. I learn on good authority that there is a strong probability of a leading member of the House of Commons being charged with another gehtleman with a serious breach of the privileges of the House. I am not in a position at pre- sent to mention facts or names, and it is possible that the matter may be other- wise arranged. If it is not so settled, the affair will create a considerable sensation, far more so than the breach of privilege committed by the Cambrian Railway directors. A large crowd assembled at Hampstead Cemetery this afternoon to pay the last tribute to the late Mr Haydn Parry. Welsh music was represented by Mr Lucas Williams, Mr M. Humphreys, Mr Fred Griffiths, and Mr W. L. Barrett. Amongst the many personal friends of the deceased present wero Mr T. J. Harries, of Oxford-street, Mr Charles Coram, Mr Sackville Evans, Mr Warham St. Leger, and Mr Charles Conyers, to- gether with a large contingent of the mem- bers of the Savage Club.

THE COMING BUDGET. PROPOSALS THAT FAVOUR THE WORKING CLASSES. What purports to be an inspired version of the Budget proposals is going the round of the clubs. It is said (writes the London correspondent of the Glasgoiv Herald) that no rearrangement of the Glasgoiv Herald) that no rearrangement of the death duties may be expected, but that the free breakfast table" will be brought within nearer range of the working man, and that differential duties on tobacco, placing the artisan's pipe in a more favourable position than the cigar smoker's luxury, may be proposed. The points, however, on which our progressive Chancellor of the Exchequer relies most strongly to secure the Democratic support, which he is quite as anxious to obtain as the removal of the threatened deficit, are a graduation of income-tax (by which the odium of the threatened increase is to be relieved) and a rise in the minimum on which the tax will be levied from J6150 to 2200. Another London correspondent says :-The secret of the Budget is, of course, locked up in the breast ef the Chancellor of the Exchequer, aud the current rumours must be taken with all caution. However, there is never smoke without fire, and one of the reports is so persistent that one is almost driven to suppose there is some foundation for ib. It points to an increase of 2d in the income-tax on incomes over a fixed amount — £ 500 per annum being the amount usually named. At the same time it is almost certain that some relief is contemplated in the burdens of the lower middle-class taxpayer, or, at all events, that it is intended to make no addition to them. Of course, the addition to the income-tax will be accounted for as a temporary expedient intended to overcome the present financial difficulties, but at the same time anything which is done to establish the principle of graduation will be treated as permanent. So will other democratic changes which the Budget will undoubtedly provide for. As to the current talk about the dangers to which a democratic Budget will expose the Government, I can say with certainty that it causes no apprehension in Ministerial quarters.

DEATH OF MAJOR LE CARON. THE FAMOUS SPY. HIS CONNECTION WITH THE FENIANS. The death of Major Henri Le Caron in London on Sunday is announced by the Times. Thomas Beach-such was his proper name-was born at Colchester in 1841. He was of an ad- venturous character, and at the age of 19 left England for Paris without settled plans. Find- ing employment in a business with many American connections, he became infected with the excitement which tollowed upon the outbreak of the civil war and, crossing the Atlantic, enlisted in the Northern Army. His name of Le Caron was literally a nom de guerre, for it was assumed for the purpose of'enlistment, and never afterwards discarded. Le Caron took part in a large number of actions—including some of the most stubborn battles of the war. On one occasion he made his escape from a house owing to the brave assistance of a young lady, whom be afterwards made his wife. In 1865 Le Caron was first brought into contact, through one O'Neill, an old companion-in-arms, with Fenian- ism and its workings. The designs of the American Fenians against Canada came to his ears, and these designs he mentioned in letters to his father in England. Mr Beach, without reference to his son, took the letters to the member for Colchester, who in turn communicated them to the Govern- ment. The Home Secretary requested Mr Beach to arrange with his son for further information. Le Caron accepted the commission without hesi- tation. He, was actuated throughout, as he has explained in his book, Twenty-five Years in the Secret Service," by intense resentment against the plotters of treason to his native country. His evidence before the Special Commission concern- ing the working of the Irish-American conspiracy against Great Britain will be remembered as one of the most dramatic episodes of that inquiry. Le Caron was a remarkable man, and throughout his 25 years of service as a military spy he carried his life in his hand.

TIN-PLATE TRADE. THE STRIKE AT GORSEINON. A statement has been furnished by the manage- ment of the Grovesend Tin-plate Works at Gorseinon, near.Swansea, showing the earnings of the men during the past few weeks. The men are seeking to have the 36-box day brought into force at the works, and hence the strike. The statement in question shows the average wages earned by the different classes of workmen to have been as follows :-Rollers, jB3 per week; doublers, B2 8s 8d per week; furnacemen, 22 5a per week behinders, 21 Is 10d per week.

COLLIERY DISPUTE NEAR MAESTEG. 150 MINERS OUT OF WORK. The miners employed at the Caerau Colliery, near Maesteg, have struck work in consequence of a dispute between them and the management about the idenbity of the new vein recently dis. covered there. About 150 men are idle.

MEETING OF SAILORS IN CARDIFF. L On Monday moriung a meeting of sailors was held at the Seamen's Union Offices, opposite the Board of Trade Offices, at the Docks, Cardiff, Mr Jobn Gardner being in the chair. The meeting was called for the purpose of considering the wages question, it being reported that an effort was being made to secure a crew at £3 and 23 5s. Those present resolved to wear the Union button, and to make every effort to maintain the standard rate of wages of the port at 23 15 per month for sea- men, and £4 for firemen.

BRITISH RULE ON THE GAMBIA. THE CAPTURE OE FODI SILAH. BATHCRST, March 17th.—Admiral Bedford, with the Administrator and the Acting Com- missioner, leave here on Monday next to pro- claim a British rule over the whole country. The Colonial Treasurer, with two members oj the Legislative Council, have arranged to visit the well-known chief Mousa Mousa, who was waiting to see the result of the campaign against Iodi Silah before committing himself. It is ex- pected now that he will make friends with the British. The whole of the country is now perfectly quiet. Doubtless it will not be long before the Colony derives considerable benefit from the overthrow of Fodi Silah, who had previously persistently refused Europeans permission to gather the nibber plants with which the district abounds. We are, says the Exchange Telegraph Com- pa.ny, enabled to state that Fodi Silah. who was in Senegal after his final defeat by the British and West Indian troops in Gambia, is being conveyed to St. Louis, the capital of Senegal, where he will be kept a strict prisoner by the French under the International rules regarding such arrests. He will not be handed over to the British.

AFFAIRS IN MATABELELAND. NATIVE CHIEFTAINS "VERY CONTENTED." The following telegram has been communicated to Reuter's Agency by the British South Africa Company CAPK TOWN, Monday.— Gambo and the remain- ing indunas have come to Buluwayo, and sub- mitted. They are very contented. For sanitary purposes, and to prevent disputes, Dr. Jameson has sold 79 stands in the new township for £4,000, with liability to purchasers to erect buildings of I the value of £16,000 within six months. The sales were a complete success. The average price per stand at the July sales in 1893 was £13.- Renter.

THE KAISER AND PRINCE BISMARCK. BERLIN, Monday.—The following is the text of the telegram sent yesterday by the Emperor William to Prince Bismarck on the occasion of the ex. Chancellor's 79th birthday I convey to your Serene Highness the expression of my heartiest congratulations. Count Moltke, my aide-de-camp, is charged to present you with a cuirass in my name. May the solid steel which is to cover your breast be regarded as the symbol of German gratitude, which enfolds you in its steadfast loyalty, and to which I too desire to give eloquent expression." Prince Bismarck sent the following telegraphic reply:—" I most respectfully thank your Majesty for the generous congratulations and kind words in which your Majesty's favour towards me finds expression. I shall put on this new breastplate as the symbol of this favour, and leave it to my children as a lasting monument of the same."—Renter.

THE LABOUR QUESTION IN FRANCE. PARIS, Monday.—A large number of workmen have arrived in France from Piedmont, having been driven from their homes by poverty and lack of employment.—Renter.

ANOTHER SUICIDE AT MONTE CARLO. VIENNA, Monday. — A dispatch from Nice states that a Russian nobleman committed suicide at Monte Carlo last week after losing something like 800,000 francs at the gaming tables.—Central News.

EXPECTED BETROTHAL OF THE CZAREVITCH. COLOGNE, Monday.-The Kolnische Zeitung to- day publishes the following telegram from St. Petersburg" Besides the Czarevitch, the Grand Duchess Sergius, aud probably also the Grand Duke Sergius, will be present at the marriage of the Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita at Coburg. It is main- tained in certain quarters here that the Czarevitch will be betrothed to Princess Alix of Hesse, and it is considered probable that the marriage of the Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailo- vitch and the Grad Duchess Xema will be post- poned in order that a double Imperial wedding may be celebrated in the summer."

AN ATLANTIC LINER IN COLLISION. A Lloyd's telegram says The German mail, steamer Ems, from Bremen for New York, has been towed into Fayal with her propeller frame broken by the British steamer Wildflower, from Philadel phia for Bordeaux.

DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF PERU. LIMA, Sunday —President Bermudea died at six o'clock this evening.—iteztfer.

FALLEN FROM HIGH ESTATE. THE DESCENDANT OF KINGS A LETTER CARRIER. BERLIN, Monday,—A descendant of the famous Royal house of the Tagellos, who have been rulers of Hungary and Bohemia, as well as Poland, has recently been discovered at Limberg. His name is Joseph Tagello, and he is engaged in the useful occupation of a letter carrier. His direct descent from the old Royal Family has been clearly proved, and a better position will be found for him.—Central News.

THE DE JONG MYSTERY. CHARGES AGAINST A DUTCHMAN. AMSTERDAM, Monday.—Thejudicial authorities having failed to find any traces of the women Schmitz and Juett, who are supposed to have been murdered by the Dutchman, Hendrik de Jong, the latter will be brought up on the 12th inst, on a charge of having obtained money by false pretences. Eleven witnesses have been sum- moned.—Renter.

THE PRINCE OF WALES. It is stated that the Prince of Wales, on his way home from Cannes, will stay a couple of days in Paris, reaching this country about Friday next. His Royal Highness will be present on the 10th inst. at the special meeting of the Aged Poor Royal Commission, of which he is a mem- ber, when the final report is to be considered. His Royal Highness holds the third levee of the year at St. James's Palace on the 13th, and leaves London on the 17th for Coburg to witness the marriage of Princess Victoria. Melita to the Grand Duke of Hesse.

ROYAL VISIT TO WORCESTER, The Duke of York, accompanied by Sir Francis de Winton, left London on Monday for Croome Court, Worcester. He will visit Worcester officially to-day (Tuesday).

FATAL QUARREL BETWEEN BOYS. At Bishop Auckland on Monday a boy named O Neill, twelve years of age, was remanded on a charge of causing the death of a boy named Wilson, at Auckland on Saturday. In answer to the charge, the boy said the deceased struck him over the eye and he then struck the deceased on the head with a piece of an orange box. Wilson fell on the ground after being struck, and had to be carried home. He lingered till Sunday, when his injuries terminated fatally.

THROUGH TRAINS FROM BARRY TO CARDIFF. On Monday at8. 29a. m. thefirstthrough train from Barry to Cardiff ran over the recently re-con- structed line between the Riverside branch station of the Great Western Railway and the Clarence Station at James-street, Bute Docks. There was no public ceremony in connection with the new line, and the number of passengers by the first train was not large.

NEW SHORT STORY EVERY WEEK —On Satur- day next will be published in the Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News a new short story (complete) entitled, A Social Experiment," by Fredk. Dolman. A NEW STONY, by Harry Blytb, will be commenced in the Cardiff Times and South Wales Weekly News" on Saturday next, entitled "Her. DuliUC Foe."

THE REVOLT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ARRIVAL OF MILITIA. AT DARLINGTON. THE GOVERNOR IN POSSESSION. NEW YORK, Monday.—During yesterday Governor Tillman succeeded in obtaining the promise of several distant Militia companies to proceed to Darlington and Florence in support of the new liquor laws. At dusk yesterday even- ing eleven Militia companies arrived in the dis- turbed districts. There was much hostile feeling manifested but no actual fighting. They took possession of the Town-hall and the municipal offices, reinstating the sheriff and his officers. This was accomplished practically without interference Governor Tillman has declared Darlington and Florencecounties to be in openrebellion, and warns those taking part in the disturbance that they will be treated as rebels. The general opinion is that ths Governor will not be able to stamp out the agitation. Feeling in the country runs high, and further disturbances in other districts are confidently expected.—Central News. COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, Monday. The dead bodies of two detectives have been found in the swalp a Darlington, in which they took refuge to escape from the fury of the citizens.— Renter. NEW YORK, Monday.—The Newberry Rifles, who have been guarding the State House at Columbia, South Carolina, and acting as censors over the telegraph service, have refused to sup- port Governor Tillman any longer, declaring that they will not assist the whiskey spies." The report that twenty-one detectives were killed in tho disturbances at Darlington proves to be unfounded. All the men escaped. The situation in Florence is threatening. The Governor's sup- porters declare that blood will be spilt before they will permit the law to be defied.-Reuter.

KING THEEBAW'S TREASURE. Reuter's Agency learns that the ex-Private Wm. White, who, according to his own state- ment, was concerned in the looting of King Tbeebaw's regalia, at the time of the occupation of Mandalay Palace by British troops, in 1885. started from England for Rangoon about a fort- night ago, having quarrelled with Mr Mobbs, to whom he had confided his secret. The authorities at the India Office do not for a moment believe, should White's story prove to be correct, that be would be able to recover the hidden treasure secretly, without the knowledge of the Indian Government officials. They can, therefore, only suppose that in order to obviate the necessity of sharing with Mr Mobbs the reward offered by the Government for the recovery of the treasure, he has started off on his own account in order to give the necessary information to the Indian authorities, and thus secure the wholQ of the reward. It isunderstoodthattheinformationgiven by Mr Mobbs would not be sufficient to justify the arrest of White, who will, therefore, be allowed to proceed to Rangoon, and make his report to the proper authorities in Burmah.

THE KHEDIVE AND HIS CABINET. EXPECTED CHANGE OF MINISTERS. CAIRO, Sunday Night. -The general opinion prevails (says the Daily News correspondent) that a change in the Ministry will take place after the Ramadan Festival. Nubar Pacha is reported as likely to succeed Riaz Pacha. Great friction exists at present between the Khedive and the Cabinet.

ATROCIOUS MURDER OF A HUSBAND. A WOMAN HANGED. Margaret Walber, aged 53, was executed at Walton Gaol on Monday for the murder of her husband, John Walber (55) under circumstances so cruel and atrocious as to call forth the remark from the judge that it was surprising what she did was possible in the heart of Liverpool. Walber was her second husband, and she was jealous of him. Finding him on one occasion with a woman she confined him in a garreb which she chained and padlocked, and where she used to abuse him. He was found dead on November 16th, the room being like a shambles. He had evidently been beaten over the head with a chain or earthenware utensil and a lamp, both of which were smashed, the place being smeared all over with blood. The woman admitted striking him over the head with a chair. No effort had been made to obtain a commutation of the sentence, and the wretched woman only had one visitor-her son-to whom she admitted the justice of the sentence. The last sacraments of the Church were administered to her on Sunday. Reporters were not admitted to the gaol. A crowd began to assemble at an early hour outside the gaol, where a thick fog prevailed, rendering it impossible to see the black flag a few yards away. The bell began to toll a few minutes before eight, and at eight precisely the black flag was hoisted, and the crowd began to disperse. RETICENCE OF PRISON OFFICIALS. Soon after the hoisting of the black flag reporters were informed that the governor of the gaol was too busy to see them, but that the execution had been performed, and the woman was dead. The doctor said the executioner could not have done his work more expeditiously. No information was forthcoming as to the last hours of the condemned. Billington, the executioner, was accompanied by his assistant, Thompson.

THE INQUEST. The inquest on the body was held bv the city coroner m the afternoon. The governor and surgeon of the gaol deposed that the WSnce was carried out by Bilhngton in a skilful tious manner m the presence of, among other officials, the matron and,two female warders The drop given was 6ft. 2in., and death wTLtan taneeus. -The jury found that the woman d ed from fracture of the neck and strangulation consequent upon being hanged. rt"gui»won,

DROWNED IN CHASING A RAT. Corporal T. G. Howard, of the wooden battle- ship Benbow, near Sheerness, fell overboard while pursuing a rat on that ship and was drowned. A court of inquiry has been ordered.

It appears that the farther north one goes the more injurious to the human system is the use of coffee. Greenlanders have found it necessary to prohibit its use by the young.

THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES. MR GLADSTONE AND THE CHANCELLORSHIP. The Press Association learns that in his dual capacity as Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council, Lord Kosebery will preside tt the first meeting of the University court of the new Welsh University, which is to be held at noon next Friday in the Privy Council Chamber, Whitehall. The use of this room, which is not ordinarily available for any public occasions, has been granted in the present instance by special favour of the Government. Mr Acland, Minister of Education, wilt attend the meeting, the object of which is to constitute the court and elect the first chancellor of the University. The Marquis of Bute's suggestion that that office should be conferred upon Mr Gladstone has been received with enthusiasm in Wales, and several public bodies have passed formal resolutions in favour of the proposal. There is, however, reason to fear that the right hon. gentleman, in view of the circumstances of his retirement from public life, will not feel justified in accepting the office. In that case, it is understood that Lord Aberdare, who has throughout taken an active and leading part in the movement which led up to the grant of the charter, is likely to be elected as the first chancellor of the new University.

CABINET COUNCIL. In accordance with the summons issued on Fri- day last, a Cabinet Council was held at Downing- street at noon on Monday, Lord Rosebery and Lord Tweedmouth arriving punctually at twelve. The other Ministers arrived shortly afterwards, and the Cabinet Council was earnestly engaged in thair deliberations at eight minutes past twelve; Earl Spencer was absent, he being with her Majesty in Italy as Minister in attendance. The Press Association understands that at the metering it was agreed to appoint the committee on uiidermanning of vessels. The main business of the meeting was to consider the leading pro- posals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the forthcoming Budget.

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY IN GERMANY. An interesting Parliamentary paper on German practice with regard to employers' liability has been issued from the Foreign Office. The law, it appears, is drafted on lines which differ con- siderably from English ideals. For the purposes of the Act employers in any industry are obliged to form themselves into a trade association, which may .be local or extend throughout the empire, and "every employer becomes ipso facto member of an association from the moment that he enters upon a given industry, or begins to administer a landed estate." The trade associa- tions are responsible for compensation to injured workmen, who also themselves contribute to a sick insurance fund. In general, 16% per cent. of compensation and relief is paid in this way by the worker and 83% by the employers. Contracting out is not permitted. All contracts tending to deprive workmen of the benefits of these associations (of employers) are void." In case of fatal accident twenty days' payment (in no case a sum less than thirty marks) are to be granted to the survivors as funeral expenses for the deceased workman. The widow, until her remarriage, is given an allowance equal to 20 per cent. of her husband's wages, whilst 15 per cent. is allowed for every child under 15 who has lost one parent, and 20 per cent. if it has lost both. The total compensation to widow and children must not exceed 60 per cent. of the deceased's wages. In case of remarriage she receives as composition three times the amount of her annual allowance.

OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. A Skibbereen telegram states that a case of daylighting instead of moonlighting has been reported to the local police, and re- sulted in the arrest of a young man named Regan on a charge of taking forcible possession and incendiarism. It is alleged that in the middle of Sunday Regan visited the house of an evicted tenant named O'Neill, threw out the furniture and effects, locked the door, and then set fire to the roof of a stable which adjoins the dwelling-bouse. The fire, however, was extinguished and Regan captured.

ENGLISH STEAMERS WRECKED IN SPAIN. A severe storm has passed over Spain. The swollen rivers caused considerable damage to the property on the banks. The wrecks of two English steamers are reported. The crew of the Genoese were saved by the lifeboat from Gibraltar; the crew of the Isle of Jersey, which was broken to pieces on the rocks near Tarifa, managed with difficulty to reach Gibraltar in their own boats.

THE DONCASTER MURDER. EXECUTION TO-DAY. A communication was received by the governor of Armley Gaol from the Home Office on Monday to the effect that the Secretary saw no reason to interfere with the just sentence of the law in the case of Philip Garner, convicted of wife murder at Leeds Assizes. Garner will therefore suffer the extreme penalty of the law at nine o'clock this (Tuesday) morning. Billington, of Bolton, the executioner, arrived on Monday, and was busily engaged making preparations for the execution.

SAD SEQUEITTO A DOMESTIC QUARREL. The Birmingham coroner's jury on Monday re- turned a verdictofmanslaughteragainstG. Spittle, Miller-street. On Saturday week he and his wife quarrelled over money matters, and it is alleged that he picked up a lighted paraffin lamp, which was standing on the table, and threw it at her. Her clothes were ignited and she was shockingly burned before the flames could be extinguished. She was taken to the General Hospital, and died there five days later.

SHIP DESTROYED BY FIRE On Monday Captain Brown and crew of the steam trawler Lady Tredegar, of North Shields, were landed at Shields, and reported that about 10 p.m. on Sunday, when off Hartle- pool, their vessel caught fire and was totally destroyed, afterwards sinking. The crew were saved by another trawler named Grappler, which brought them to the Tyne.

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STEP TOWARDS HOME RULE. SHALL SCOTCHMEN TRAN- SACT THEIR OWN BUSINESS ? IF SCOTCHMEN THEN WELSHMEN, HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. The House sat at three o'clock this afternoon, the Speaker resuming his place in the chair for the first time since his recent illness. Notice had been given of 33 questions, INCOME TAX COMMISSIONERS. Sir JOHN HIBBERT, in reply to Co!. Howard Vincent, said no information was available as to the number of Income Tax Commissioners who were traders, bankers, or bank directors in their respective localities. GERMAN PRISON-MADE GOODS. Mr MCNDELLA, in reply to Col. Howard Vin- cent, said there was no power to prevent the importation of prison-made hardware and other goods from Germany unless they contravened the provisions of the Merchandise Marks Act. He could not promise to bring pressure to bear upon the German Government to induce them to mark these goods as prison-made. THE MARRIAGE LAWS. Sir GEORGE OSBORNE MORGAN, referring to a recent case where a clergyman refused at first to perform the ceremony of marriage because the woman was approaching her confinement, al- though the banns had been paid for, asked the Home Secretary whether a clergyman of the Church of England could lawfully persist in such a refusal. Mr ASQUITH said he was not aware that a clergyman of the Church of England could law- fully refuse to perform the ceremony of marriage between two persons not otherwise incapacitated on the sole ground alleged. The matter appeared to be one of ecclesiastical discipline, in regard to which he had no authority. He did not think any alteration of the law was rendered necessary. SAMOA. Sir EDWARD GREY informed Sir George Baden- ioweil that the Government had no information to give to the House with regard to the deplorable events reported to have recently occurred at Samoa, There was no British ship there at the present time. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT IN WALES. Mr SHAW LEFEVRE, in reply to Mr Herbert Lewis, said arrangements had been made for the translation and publication in the Welsh language of the Local Government Act, but he could not at present say when it would be completed. THE BUDGET. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question by Mr Goschen, said, according to present arrangements, be hoped to be able to introduce the Budget on the 16th of the present month. TEMPERANCE HOTELS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER informed Mr Bartley that the practice which obtained in certain temperance hotels of admitting visitors with their own supply of alcohol, and charging corkage, was not an infringement of the Licensing Acts. THE RECENT BYE ELECTIONS. Mr T. SHAW cook the oath and his seat for the Hawick Burghs on his re-election as Solicitor- General for Scotland. Mr H. J. TENNANT took the oath and his seat for Berwickshire, and Mr A. C. Humphreys-Owen for Montgomeryshire.

THE LOSS OF THE PORT YARROCH. Mr MUNDELLA, in answer to Mr Provand, said his attention had been called to the Board of Trade inquiry, and the circumstances under which a lamentable loss of life occurred by the wreck of the Port Yarrocb. All the facts were receiving the most careful consideration with a view, if possible, to the Board taking further pro- ceedings. (Hear.) He fully recognised the importance of vessels being fully and efficiently manned, and was taking advice as to the best means of securing seaworthiness in that respect. As the hon. member (Mr Havelock Wilson) could not bring on his motion to-day, he further ex- plained that as the Merchant Shipping Act did not allow the Board of Trade to prevent a trading vessel leaving port on account of undermanning, he had decided to hold a thorough inquiry by a committee composed of shipowners, representa- tives of seamen, and experts. (Hear, hear.) Mr PROVAND inquired if members of the House would be on the committee. Mr MUNDELLA supposed it would include meih- bers from both sides. Sir JOHN GORST asked di L not a Royal Com- mission on loss of life at sea report on the subject ten years ago. Mr MUNDELLA said there had been two commis* Mr MUNDELLA said there had been two commis- sions, the first of which reported that mischief might result from laying down regulatioas a.s to manning, and the second commission did not touch the question. When, in 1884, Mr Chamber- lain brought in the Merchant Shipping Bill, he expressed the opinion that more harm had been done by fixing the minimum scale for manning than by leaving the question open, because pos- sibly it might lead to a reduction of crews in some instances, but tbe intention now was to have a thorough and exhaustive inquiry to see if any- thing could be done to prevent a repetition of the Port Yarroch disaster. Mr HAVELOCK WILSON suggested that the question of qualification of seamen as well as number on board a ship should be considered Sir ALBERT ROLLIT asked could not a Board of Trade officer prevent a. vessel leaving port undermanned ? Mr MUNDELLA explained that the port officer had only such power in reference to passenger vessels. The inquiry contemplated would include all points in reference to the subject. Mr BOWLES asked how many wrecks or casualties had been reported as the result of iindermanmnfT. Mr MUNDELLA said five had been reported in the past year, but it was obvious that the actual loss from nndermanning could not be reported when vessels foundered in the open sea. (Hear.) Mr HAVELOCK WILSON subsequently expressed his satisfaction with the answer of the Board of Trade, aud relinquished his intention to call attention to the subject by adjournment motion. (Hear.)

A SCOTCH STANDING COM- MITTEE. Sir G. TREVELYAN, who was received with cheers then moved that a Standing Committee should be appointed for the con- sideration of all Bills relating exclu- sively to Scotland, which might by order of the House be committed to then!— the committee to consist of all the members representing Scotch constituencies, together with fifteen other members to be nominated by the committee of selection, who should have power from time to time to discharge the members so nominated, and to appoint others in subsitution for those discharged. The Government, he said, did not look upon the motion hS a partisan mea- sure, but as a practical and business-like proposal for getting more time for the public busi. ness of the House, and for doing justice to a class of members whoso interests bad had scant justice done to them in the past. It was in the interests of the House, and not of Scotland alone, that this proposal was brought forward. This Scotch Grand Committee would not only be a sort of microcosin of the House in Committee, as a Grand Committee should be, but it would be the House in Committee on Scotch business itself. Ten minutes after Scotch busi- ness had been entered upon in committee of the whole House none but Scotch members were left, and none but Scotch members spoke. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) The proposal would enable the House at the most important stage of every Scotch Bill to ascertain what the opinion of Scotland was. Englishmen would still have a voice in Scotch business, and the fact that Scotch members would still have a voioe in committee on English Bills was not an anomaly sufficient to defeat a very useful and workmanlike scheme. It was not a proposal for pushing forward business by the suppression of free speech. (Opposition cheers.) It was hoped that Scotch members who were not much in the habit of speaking in the House would be encouraged to speak before an audience they liked, and in his opinion the result would be that business in the Standing Committee would proceed in the good old Scotch fashion. (Cheers.) Mr BALFOUR, who on rising was received with cheers, confessed that he should not have gathered from the speech of the Secretary for Scotland that the Government were aware of everything that could be urged against their proposal. Nothing mote amazed him in that speech than the abso. lute ignorance apparently of the right hon. gentleman that he and the Government, of which he was a member, were endeavouring to make a change in their procedure, which he did not hesitate to say would revolutionise the practice of the House. (Cheers.) He had never concealed his opinion that with regard to legislation for Scotland, for England, and for Ireland the machinery of the House very often did not supply the means of passing necessary measures as quickly as many of them could I i?1Cu that was not a proper argument on which to ask them for the first time to introduce the principle of nationality into their Grand Committees, and to frame their committees in a manner absolutely subversive of the immemorial precedents set by the House in that matter. (Hear, hear.) He agreed that danger to the Empire was not involved in the plan, but there I were other important interests threatened by tt, including the constitution of the most important branch of the Legislature. (Cheers.) Having determined to upset the immemorial traditions of I the House, they did so in a scheme which was confined to Scotland, and the enormous issue involved was concealed from the House by the procedure of the Government. (Cheers.) It was his intention to move an amendment asking the House to refuse altogether to consider these piecemeal proposals, and to require that before finally approving—or, as he hoped, finally condemning-(cheers)-a proposal of this sort, they should "de it in its broad outline logically extended to all parts of the kingdom, and should have all it bearings placed clearly before the House and the country. (Loud cheers.) The change proposed by the Govern- ment went to the root of our whole Parliamemary system, but it had not been brought forward as an organic whole, or in a manner which would enable the House to judge of its ultimate effect. He, therefore, hoped the House would decline to consider it, and would conclude by moving the following amendment :—" That this House de- clines to sanction, with regard to Bills relating to one portion of the United Kingdom, any plan by which the ancient practice as to the constitution of committees of this House should be funda- mentally altered until it has had an opportunity of pronouncing on a general scheme which shall e^^n<l a like treatment to Bills relating to each ot^er portions of the United Kingdom." Mr H. PAUL reminded the leader of the PlJ°sfitioii that a similiar proposal applied to Ireland was made many years ago by Mr John xinght, who was not distinguished by any rash oesire to subvert the ancient traditions of the Uouse. The proposal of the Government was an attempt to get Scotch business done with greater celerity sn accordance with the general opinion of the Scottish public, and it was his intention to vote for it as a really sensible, business-like, reasonable and moderate proposal. Mr HOZIER warmly congratulated the Secre- tary for Scotland on bis courage in laying down the proposition, and that was a non-partisan proposal when only his own party had ever voted for It. Sir G. OSBORNE MORGAN pointed out that no committee room would hold the English members; but there was no reason why Welsh Bills should not be referred to a committee of Welsh members when the experiment had been trIed wIth regard to Scotch business. He hoped the Government might see its way to extending the operation of the resolution to Wales. No doubt there would be a great preponderance of iberals on the Scotch Grand Committee; but, in ealing with legislation affecting their own country, Scotch members were not in the habit of actilJg upon party lines. O G. BALFOUR said that the Secretary for ■Scotland had not explained what class of Scotch oiiis was to be referred to the proposed Grand Committee. He desired to know whether it was h /Tv.- u t0 Senc* to t^1's C0Trjmittee Bills which had hitherto beeu considered in committee of the whole House. Mr CROMBIE said that this proposal might be accepted with regard to Scotland, because Scot- land aesired it; but it need not be extended to -England, because England did not desire it. He fcl,e Government plan as a step in the direction of federalism, but as a temporary alleviation of the block on Scotch business. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL said that within the tour corners of an apparent amendment of the procedure of the House the Secretary for Scotland had put before them a far-reaching and insidious design. If this scheme were adopted, it would impose upon Scotch members an addition to their labours inconsistent with the discharge of their duties as members of an Imperial Legislature. Mr R. T. REID supported the resolution on the ground that the adoption of the Government plans was necessary to accelerate tbe progress of "Coteh legislation, which was at present intoler- ably slow. Hon. gentlemen opposite objected both to this scheme and to Scottish Home Rule. What course did they propose to adopt in order to facilitate the progress of Scotch measures through that House ? It had been said that if Scotch Bills were referred to a Grand Committee consisting almost entirely of Scotch members England would have a right to demand that English Bills should be dealt with in a similar manner. And no doubt if England did desire this her wishes ought to be acceded to. But if she did not desire it that was no reason for denying to Scotland tbe boon for which she asked. This was merely a business proposal, and neither raised nor intended to raise any Constitutional question. Mr A. CROSS said that he should' support the amendment, though not from the same point of view as that adopted by the leader of the Opposi- ion. He did not think such a proposal as that made by the Government ought to be adopted unless It Was impartially applied to each of the three kingdoms. Sir A. ROLLIT had strong prepossessions in ravour of local government and of local legis- lation, and was convinced that a develop- tnenfc of the system of devolution was necessary for the transaction of Parliamentary business. He also thought it wise to ascertain and give weight to local and national feelings, but if a Grand Committee was to be appointed for one part of the kingdom the same system should be applied to all parts, and he doubted the pos- sibility of a geographical classification of Bills. Mr D. CRAWFORD argued that the reason a committee for Scotch affairs was necessary was that England was the predominant partner, and Scotland, therefore, was able to get only a very small portion of the time of the House, and was always liable to be outvoted on Scotch questions. Sir M. STUART did not think that time would be economised by the scheme. Sir J. LBNG supported the resolution on the grounds of the difficulty of obtaining opportuni- ties for the discussion of Sootch questions. After remarks by Mr T. H, Cochrane and Mr Wilson (Govan), Mr ANSTRUTHSB opposed the resolution.5^23 Sir JAMES CARMICHAEL would vote for the proposal with unalloyed satisfaction, and was perfectly prepared to vote for a similar boon for England if England desired it. After a few words from Mr GRAHAM MURRAY, The LORD ADVOCATE said that the standing committee they had had for the last ten or twelve years were themselves an experiment, and many of the objections they had heard that night were at the outset urged against tbem If the experi- ment was to be extended, it might well be that the range of future grand committees might be guided by nationality. The Government were proposing a moderate extension of the prin- ciple of grand committees. It should be borne in mind that the proposal was not to send all Scotch Bills to the Scotch Committee, but only 3uch as, in the judgment of the House, could be with advantage dealt with in that way. Mr THORBURN described the proposal as peddling and parochial. Sir E. CLARKE said it was obvious that the pro- posal before the House was in itself one of very limited scope, but it was of so much gravity and so far reaching that there was good ground for declining to consider it till Ministers were pre- pared to declare how far they would carry the principle they were setting np. The hon. and learned gentleman had not concluded his speech at midnight, when, by the rule of the House, the debate was adjourned, Thursday being fixed for its resumption. The report of Supply (30th March) was brought up and agreed to. The House adjourned at ten minutes past 12.

LABOUR ARRANGEMENTS IN THE DOCKYARDS. The Press Association says On Monday the shipwrights employed in the Royal dockyards were officially informed that henceforward their services will be dispensed with in the ship-fitting and electrical shops, the Admiralty having decided that the work there is to be performed by fitters. It is thought that this change is tbe outcome of Mr John Burns's recent condemnation in the House of Commons of the overlapping of trades in the dockyards.

DENSE FOG IN NORTH WALES. What is a very rare phenomenon was seen in North Wales on Sunday, a dense fog suddenly coming in from the sea with tbe east wind, and completely obscuring the landscape, stretching almost unbroken in one vast white sheet from Carnarvon to Colwyn Bay, and remaining from about four o'clock till late into the night. To some extent the fog supplied the lack of rain, which is beginning to be felt. On Monday morn- ing the weather was beautifully fine and warm.

THE EIGHT HOURS QUESTION TREDEGAR ENGINEMEN GIVE NOTICE. The stokers and enginemen employed at the Tredegar Coal and Iron Company's pits tendered a month's notice to cease work or Saturday. The object of the notice is to secure the eight hours shift. We understand the movement is prompted by the South and Monmouth. shire Stokers' and Colliery Engmemen's Associa- tion, to which the Tredegar men are affiliated,and bave a local branch. The men are very sanguine of the success of their effort from the fact that a similar arrangement of shifts now exists almost throughout the district.

CONCILIATION IN THE COAL TRADE. The Press Association understands that to- day's (Tuesday) meeting of the Board of Con- ciliation for the coal trade will be held in St. Martin's Town-hall, Trafalgar-square, instead of at the Westminster Palace Hotel, where previous conferences were held, aud that the main object for the meeting is to further discuss the rules by which the procedure of the board is to be guided.

DEAN VAUGHAN'S ILLNESS. YESTERDAY'S BULLETIN. The following bulletin was issued on Monday afternoon a.t D". Vaugban's residence in the Temple There is a slight increase of bodily strength, but there is no definite improvement in the other conditions." THE QUEEN'S ANXIETY. A telegram was received on Saturday after- noon from the Queen requesting information aa to the Dean's condition.

The- Ducbess of Portland has beccme patron, and the Bishop of Manchester viae-president, of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kind- n*3s to Animal*

WOMEN WORKERS, ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT. TRADES' UNIONS AND WOMEN. COMPETITION OF WOMEN. SWEATED LABOUR. SHOP ASSISTANTS AND BARMAIDS. MT LGSDOK, Monday. The Press Association understands that in tbe forthcoming report of the Royal Commission Oil Labour, there will probably be an interesting review of all the material relating to the employ- ment of women. Part of this material has been derived from the evidence taken by the three committees (chiefly relating to the principal textile industries, and part from the inquiries of the four lady assistant commissioners. Seventeen reports were prepared by the latter, and the review in question will probably give the most general results of this branch of the inquiry, both as regards these reports and of extensive information collected. The review will probably state that available statistics show that while the wages of men have on the whole steadily increased in the growing wealth of the country, those of women, ex. eluding domestic servants, have during the same period (1839 to 1886) either remained stationary or increased in very much smaller proportion, or have declined. According to Mr Giffen the average wages of women employed in manual labour are very little more than half of those of adult men, while the average wages of boys and lads also exceed, though not very greatly, those of girls. In many other trades in which both sexes are employed, the harder and therefore better paid work is done by men, while women are only engaged in the easier and less skilled depart- ments. Where there is a tendency towards a substitution of women for men, the men object to female competition, and various Trade Unions have rules for restricting the employment of women. Workmen say that women are willing to take a lower wage than is necessary for a man's subsistence, and SO DRIVE MEN OUT OF WORK or reduco the level of their wages. It often happens that work which was formerly allotted to men through sub-division of labourortheintroduc. tion of machinery becomes more suitable to women. Re-adjustment of labour naturally takes place, but so long as the men already engaged in the occupation remain in it a certain amount of irri- tation and friction. must exist. If women were paid at equal wage rates THE OBJECTION OF MEN TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT would probably be diminished, as at present the men wish to protect thsmselves against the com- petition of cheap female labour. The review will probably next treat of the class of sweated trades (such as the make up of cheap clothing) in which the pay is extremely small in pro- portion to the work done, the work being of akind which women can do at home or in the shops of small employers. The excessive competition inevitable in these sweated industries is increased in the case of women by special circumstances. Many women who do home work are not entirely dependent on their earnings, and look on them as being merely supplementary to those of their husbands or fathers. Others, again, are forced by the necessity of supporting their children, or perhaps a disabled husband, to accept whatever wages they can get. Competition of both kinds lowers the rate of wages throughout and renders the struggle for life very difficult for those women who entirely depend on their labour for their own subsistence and perhaps that of their children. In the absence of organisation, and in the face of unlimited competition for the cheaper and less skilled kind of sempstresses and similar work, there seems to be little to prevent wages from sinking to the point at which, in the words of one witness, IT IS EASIER TO STARVE WITHOUT THE WORK.' The commissioners will probably conclude this' branch of the subject by stating as their opinion that so long as there is abundance of cheap labour without any minimum wage fixed by trade organisations or otherwise, it seems to be beyond tbe power of small employers and contractors wholly unorganised themselves and eagerly com- peting with each other for the custom of wholesale houses and for small profits, to give women more for their work than the lowest market price. In many cases THE HOURS WORKED being less than the legal hours, the opinion of several of her Majesty's inspectors of factories is that legal overtime should be abolished, or at least reduced to the lowest possible limits, and perhaps restricted to the case of the manufacture of perishable articles of food. Dressmakers and milliners are instances where the practice is especially injurious, the work being sedentary and often carried on in unhealthy rooms. WOMEN NOT PROTECTED BY THE ACTS. Among these are shop assistants and all women who work at home. The review will probably state that the evidence showed the existence of numerous instances of extremely long hours of work in all these occupations. The commissioners will probably state that there is much medical and other evidence to show that the hours of shop assistants and barmaids, often under very exhausting conditions, are in many cases extremely injurious to their health. But they will probably be of opinion that it seems to be impossible, in consequence of the innnite differences between localities and shops as to the conditions of work, to arrive at any general con- clusion on this subject. It has. however, been suggested that the Shop Hours' Regulation Act of 1886, which at present applies only to children and young persons, should be extended to all women employed in shops and public-houses; also that the hours specified in that Act should be diminished, or the hours regulated by central or local legislation. Differences of opinion exist as to whether laundresses should be brought within the range of the Factory Acts with regard to the limitation of the hours of women and young person?. In favour of this proposal it is urged that their hours are often excessively long, their work fatiguing, and its conditions unhealthy. One suggestion is to limit the hours of all young per- sons in all industries to a fixed number. Another is that the protected age for young persons should be raised from 18 to 21, the age adopted in France. MARRIED WOMEN. The objections against the employment of married women will probably be stated as follows I —(a) They compete unfairly" with unmarried women (b) they are unable to discharge domestic duties—their homes are comfortless, their family neglected. (c) Heavy work in periods neat to childbirth is stated to be injurious to both mothers and their children. Dealing with the sanitary aspect of the ques- tion, the lady assistant commissioners called attention to various oommon causes of unhealthi- ness, such as the absence of places for drying outer-clothes when wet, absence of dining-rooms and provision of hob water, or means of cooking or obtaining proper food in or near works, and in the case of shop assistants, barmaids, and others who live" in, the close and crowded character of the bedrooms. ORGANISATIONS OF WOMEN. The commission will probably describe the history of the various attempts made to form female organisations as history of failures. Various causes are alleged which make it difficult, for women to combine successfully:—fa) The plethora of unskilled labour; (b) the fact that unmarried women regard their employ- ment as one which will be terminated by marriage, and not as a life affair; (c) social divisions and distinctions (d) hereditary iR I capacity for transacting business in common J (e) difficulties in the way of meeting (f) special dislike felt by employers of their organisation. The commissioners will probably be found to be of opinion that the difficulty of effective female combination is one of the reasons why their wage-r..tes are in most cases so extremely dispro- portionate to those of men, and why they hava not obtained a share corresponding to their work in the increasing wealth of the country during the last half-century.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD. THE REVISED WAGES SCHEME. The revised scheme of wages for certain classes, of artizans and labourers, of which particnlMt were recently published in these columns, arrived at Pembroke Dockyard on Saturday last, and took effect from Monday.

THE LATEST PROJECT FOB REACHING THE POLE. ACROSS THE ICE FROM SPITZBERGEN. We are informed that Herr Martin H. Ekroll, a native of the Lofoten Islands, is making prepa- rations for another expedition having the North Pole for its objective. The proposal is to wintec at Spitsbergen, and to attempt next year to reach the North Pole, via Franz Josef's Land. In his opinion the Pole can easily be reached acroat the ice by this route. He spent several months last summer in Spitzbergen, reconnoitring hi. ground. From the North-East Land, he writes4 he saw to the north-east but a continuous field 0( smooth ice, which could be travelled by doip sleighs. The route was attempted by Parry in 1827, and by Nordenskiold in 1872, but, as wt know, both failed to reach their goal, though the former gained the highest latitude attained for exactly 50 years, the" record" being first broken by Markam in 1876. There is a pros- pect that the Ekroll expedition will meet Nansec and his companions. The British expedition under Mr Frederick Jackson, will also attempt to j, reach the Pole from Frans Josef's Land-